Well, the 2013 Homegrown Recipe Contest is in full swing and I am LOVING the entries so far! From soups to breads to relishes, we’re seeing it all and are once again blown away by the talent of my readers and the customers of Holland Bulb Farms. The first recipe I’d like to share with you comes to us from…Read More
The Homegrown Recipe Contest is back — and I couldn’t be more excited! For the third year in a row, I’ve teamed up with Holland Bulb Farms to offer gardeners and cooks alike the chance at winning a Holland Bulb Farms gift card! Just like in years past, the only requirement is that any recipe submitted contains at least one…Read More
The last of our winning recipes are our third place winners for each category. These are two more you won’t want to miss! Middle Eastern Watermelon Salad by Maria R. of Crawfordsville, IndianaIngredients: 2 lbs. Watermelon flesh, seeded and cubed 16 oz. jar kalamata olives, pitted, in brine 2 shallots, minced 1/4-1/2 cup pinot noir or 2-3T red wine vinegar…Read More
Today I’m sharing with you the 2nd place winners in both the Fruit and Veggie categories of our 2012 Homegrown Recipe Contest. Make either of these this weekend for a true treat! Raspberry Cheesecake by Kyle L. of Boulder, ColoradoIngredients: For the crust (can use a pre-made crust if in a time crunch): 1-1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs (approx. 10…Read More
Wow! What a wonderful year we had in our Homegrown Recipe Contest! We received so many good recipes and I think all of us here at the Bulb Blog and Holland Bulb Farms have gained ten pounds over the last two weeks while creating and tasting so many of them… Today is the day we promised the big announcement of…Read More
So a huge THANK YOU to everyone who submitted recipes in this year’s Homegrown Recipe Contest! We received so many great entries and we here at the Bulb Blog and Holland Bulb Farms have been working frantically around the clock (ok, so maybe not quite the much…) in our kitchens to create as many of them as we can to…Read More
Here at the Bulb Blog and Holland Bulb Farms, we busy re-creating all of the wonderful entries we received from the 2012 Homegrown Recipe Contest. Even though the contest officially ended last Friday, I thought I’d share with you one of the entries we’ve found recently to be truly delightful! This unique salad recipe comes to us from Kyle in…Read More
If you’re anything like me, the thought of digging up a bulb during the fall months and keeping it somewhere safe until spring is a bit daunting. Will I do it? Yes, but it doesn’t particularly top my list of fave “to-do’s”. So for this week’s 3 x 3 Garden Trio, I decided to focus on some of the best-loved…Read More
Yes, it an age-old question and one that comes with much debate. Normally I wouldn’t write a post about something so “overly discussed”, however, I’ve received multiple entries into the recipe contest that use tomatoes as their “qualifying ingredient”. Since we have a separate contest category for fruits and a separate category for vegetables, it is required that an entry…Read More
Listen up all of you cooks and bakers out there! Holland Bulb Farms just announced its 2nd Annual Homegrown Recipe Contest! Just like last year, Holland Bulb Farms is asking for your best recipes using a fruit and/or vegetable that they sell! The contest began on Friday, January 13th and continues for about a month with the deadline being on…Read More
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